noun
- a solid with six equal, square sides
- anything having more or less this shape: an ice cube
- the product obtained by multiplying a given number or quantity by its square; third power: the cube of 3 is 27 (3 × 3 × 3)
Origin:
Fr < L cubus < Gr kybos, a cube, die, vertebra < IE base *keu(b)-, to bend, turn > hip, hive, L cubare, to lie down
transitive verb cubed, cubing
- to raise to the third power; obtain the cube of (a number or quantity)
- to cut or shape into cubes; dice: cube the vegetables
- to score (meat) in a crisscross pattern in order to tenderize it
- to measure the cubic content of